gmc defense overview 2010

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GEORGIA MILITARY COLLEGE

3-5-3 DEFENSE

OVERVIEW & TERMINOLOGY


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WHY WE RUN THIS PARTICULAR DEFENSE AT GMC:

I. PERSONNEL (WHAT WE LOOK FOR IN EACH POSITION):

NOSE= Possibly your best Defensive Lineman. He can ensure double teams, cause

havoc, and has to be accounted for. The strength of the defensive has to start upfront with a dominating Nose player.

ENDS= First and foremost, these individuals have to be able to run extremely well.

They have to big enough in order to take on blockers and be a dominant force on the

edge.

MIKE= Your most instinctive LB (the QB of the Linebacker corp). He must be

responsible for setting the strength of the defensive front (Rip & Liz) call.

SAM & WILL= Usually your bigger and more athletic type of individual for thisposition (equal to a Sam or Will in a 4-3 scheme). They must be able to play man

coverage on a RB and get into coverage when playing zone.

DOGS= More of a Strong Safety type of individual or even a very physical Corner. Has

to be an extremely effective blitzer and run stopper. He has to posses the cover skills

in order to play man coverage on a #2 Receiver. He has to be a great underneath 3

deep player as well. Finally, he also has to be able to play in a Cover 4.

FS= Has to be an extremely smart football player. Must be an excellent tackler and

posses the coverage skills to play man. He must be able to cover ground as a deep

middle defender.

CORNER= They are your cover guys!! They must have a short memory and want to

be a player that is challenged each and every play. He also must be able to play zone

coverage extremely well.


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II. PHILOSOPHY:

We are an attacking, pressure oriented defense. We are able to bring either 3,4,5,

or 6 man pressure on any given snap. We want a defense that will SWARM to

the ball on every snap. We will have safety in numbers in order to be effective ondefense. We want the defense to have an element of surprise for our opponent by

being able to bring pressure in a variety of different ways. We will focus on

creating and causing turnovers to ensure our success. We will enter each and

every game with the ultimate goal of shutting down our opponents running game.

We are a defense that is designed to stop the run first. We will mix up our

coverage and front packages so that to cause confusion for our opponents QB.Finally, we want to limit our opponents to 10 points or less a game.

III. RULE BUSTER FOR OFFENSES:

- Forces offenses to form new blocking rules

- We present a 3 Linebacker scheme with no 3 Technique (only in our 4 man fronts)- Both Offensive Guards are uncovered which causes confusion

- Creates a what if mentality because they have to account for all 5 players on

the second level. Offenses must account for the Dog position.


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IV. MATCHES OFFENSES PERSONNEL:

Our defense allows us to put speed on the field that we feel enables us to

match up against varying offensive personnel and formations. We face more

and more spread offenses, and we believe that this defense allows us tomatch up extremely well. In turn, we can match up well versus offenses that

want to put several RBs or TEs into the game as well. We will go to our

multiple 4 man fronts and stack our players into the box.

V. KEEP IT SIMPLE:

We believe that we have an extremely simple defense in regards to our

terminology and coverage packages. We must keep it simple so our players

do not have to think and can just run to the ball.


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BASE ALIGNMENT

E EN

S WMC

WDSD

C

FS


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SOLID ALIGNMENT

E ENS

WMC WDSD C

FS


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UNDER ALIGNMENT

E EN W

S MCWDSD

C

FS


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TUFF ALIGNMENT

E EN WS

MCWDSD

C

FS


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HEADS ALIGNMENT

E ENS

WMC WDSD C

FS


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DEFENSIVE LINE MOVEMENTS

JACKSSTRONG

WEAK

SLANT

WHIP

RIGHT

LEFT

PINCH


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JACKS

E EN


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STRONG

E EN


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WEAK

E EN


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SLANT

E EN


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WHIP

E EN


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RIGHT

E EN


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LEFT

E EN


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PINCH

E EN


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PRESSURE PACKAGE TERMINOLOGYKEY TERMINOLOGY:

STRONG= Strong side blitzes

WEAK= Weak side blitzes

SLANT= DL moves strong and the blitz comes weak

WHIP= DL moves weak and the blitz comes strong

RIGHT= DL moves right and the blitz comes from the left (Field Call)

LEFT= DL moves left and the blitz comes from the right (Field Call)

PINCH= DL pinches in and the blitz comes off the edges

PRESSURE PACKAGES:

We have 4, 5, & 6 man pressure packages. Our packages are grouped into

certain categories and given names so that our players know exactly who is

blitzing.


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4 MAN PRESSURE PACKAGE

ONLY 1 LINEBACKER WILL BLITZ:

MIKE STRONG

MIKE WEAK

BOB STRONG

BOB WEAK

BUCK SLANT

BUCK WHIP

BUCK RIGHT

BUCK LEFT


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AMMO PACKAGE (BOTH SAM & WILL LINEBACKERS):

BLAST

FIRE SLANT

FIRE WHIP

SMOKE PINCH


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BIRD PACKAGE (THE MIKE & EITHER THE SAM OR WILL LINEBACKER):

FALCON STRONG

FALCON WEAK

HAWK STRONG

HAWK WEAKEAGLE SLANT

EAGLE WHIP

EAGLE RIGHT

EAGLE LEFT

RAVEN SLANT

RAVEN WHIP

RAVEN RIGHT

RAVEN LEFT


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STORM PACKAGE (THE DOG & THE SAM OR WILL LINEBACKER):

CYCLONE SLANT

CYCLONE WHIP

CYCLONE RIGHT & LEFT

CYCLONE SWITCH SLANTCYCLONE SWITCH WHIP

CYCLONE SWITCH RIGHT & LEFT

HURRICANE STRONG

HURRICANE WEAK

HURRICANE SWITCH STRONG

HURRICANE SWITCH WEAK


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STORM PACKAGE (THE DOG & MIKE LINEBACKER):

THUNDER SLANT

THUNDER WHIP

THUNDER RIGHT & LEFT

LIGHTNING SLANTLIGHTNING WHIP

LIGHTNING RIGHT & LEFT


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STORM PACKAGE (1 DOG & 2 LINEBACKERS):

TORNADO (DOG STRONG)

TYPHOON STRONG

TYPHOON WEAK

TWISTER SLANTTWISTER WHIP

TWISTER RIGHT

TWISTER LEFT


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BIRD PACKAGE+ 1 DOG (1 DOG & 2 LINEBACKERS):

FALCON STRONG DOG

FALCON WEAK DOG

HAWK STRONG DOG

HAWK WEAK DOGEAGLE SLANT DOG

EAGLE WHIP DOG

EAGLE RIGHT & LEFT DOG

RAVEN SLANT DOG

RAVEN WHIP DOG

RAVEN RIGHT & LEFT DOG


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BIRD + REMAINING SAM OR WILL LINEBACKER (ALL 3 LINEBACKERS):

FALCON STRONG BLUE

FALCON WEAK BLUE

HAWK STRONG BLUE

HAWK WEAK BLUEEAGLE SLANT BLUE

EAGLE WHIP BLUE

RAVEN SLANT BLUE

RAVEN WHIP BLUE


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COVERAGE PACKAGES

We use a number and coloring system in order to determine what type of coverage we willexecute. We are basically a man and 3 deep coverage team. However, we will also play a

two deep shell and play our Quarters coverage. The numbering system that we use

indicates our man coverages. Black, Brown, & Blue (All B words) also indicate man

coverages. All of our other colors indicate to our players that we will be playing some type

of zone coverage with certain blitz packages


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MAN COVERAGE

1 (4 or 5 man pressures using our Bird andAmmo packages)

0 (5 man pressure where we bring both of our

dogs off of each edge) BLACK (5 man pressures using our Storm

package)

BROWN(6 man pressures using our Stormpackage and Bird + Dog package)

BLUE(6 man pressures using all 3 Linebackers)


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ZONE COVERAGE

THE FOLLOWING COVERAGES ARE RAN OUT

OF OUR BASE ALIGNMENT

GRAY(4 man pressure, 4 under 3 deep)

GREEN(5 man pressure, 3 under 3 deep, ran

with our Ammo and Bird packages)


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ZONE COVERAGE


OF OUR 2 DEEP SHELL ALIGNMENT

RED(5 man pressure, using our Storm

package)

RED X (5 man pressure, using our Bird

package)

RED CLOUD (4 man pressure, hard corner)


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ZONE COVERAGE



GOLD X(5 man pressure, 3 under 3 deep, ran

out of our Bird package)


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ZONE COVERAGE



ORANGE(4 man pressure, Quarters)

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